Staff Engineer, Software - Open BMC

Celestica International LP•Austin, TX

1d•Onsite

About The Position

Celestica is looking for a dynamic software engineer who is passionate about working closely with the HW/SW interface to enable management of a fleet of devices in tomorrow’s data center environments. The person needs to be very conversant with board management controllers, low-level drivers, and capable of mentoring a team of engineers. The Staff Engineer, Software will work in cross-functional teams with customers, product line management, manufacturing engineering, hardware engineering, quality assurance, and project leadership to ensure robust and high-quality software.

Requirements

Solid C programming skills.
In-depth understanding of Linux kernel, device driver, IPC, U-boot.
Familiarity with Linux application development.
Knowledge of BMC including IPMI, SDR, SEL, FRU records, SOL, IPMB, Side-band LAN, KCS and KCS.
Knowledge of Redfish and other management protocols.
Experience with board bringup.
Working knowledge of BMC related Hardware such as ARM, BMC chip (AST 2500, AST2600, Pilot 4 etc.), HW-monitor and Super-IO, NC-SI NIC, phy.
Working knowledge of common bus such as I2C, IPMB, PMBUS, SPI, LPC, UART, JTAG.
Leadership - Demonstrate "People & Team Leadership Behaviors" as per Celestica Leadership Imperatives.
Coaching/Mentoring
Communication/Negotiation/Presentation
Creative Problem Solving
Customer Interaction/Stakeholder Management

Nice To Haves

Knowledge of real time OS like ThreadX is a plus.
Experience with OpenBMC is a plus.
Experience with one or more of the following standards/technologies: SCSI, SES, RAID, SAS, SATA, SSD, SMART, PCI Express, HBA, network protocol TCP/UDP, etc is a plus.
Experience with PSoC or MCU firmware development is a plus.
Knowledge of the following areas are a plus: Quality & Lean; D/PFMEA; 8D/Corrective Action; Equipment Safety; Design of Experiments (DOE).

Responsibilities

Lead the design, development, and implementation of software for board management controllers and orchestration software which will use the BMC to monitor and maintain a fleet of devices in tomorrow’s data center environment.
Provide technical leadership and direction to a sizable team of engineers. Should be a recognized expert (go to person) in one or more technical areas.
Review and interpret customer requirements/specifications and may act as primary customer contact.
Analyze trade-offs in complex systems and recommend solutions.
Do project planning and raise warnings to management about risks to projects.
Develop deployment strategies and plans.
May manage relationships with key vendors/partners.
Analyze, design, and develop tests and test-automation suites.
Collaborate cross-functionally with customers, users, project managers, and other engineers.
Provide recommendations for continuous improvement.